Wimple

Definition

wimple /'wÇmpl/ n (အလယ္ေခတ္အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ားႏွင့္ ယခု အခ်ဳိ႕ ခရစ္ယာန္သီလရွင္မ်ား) မ်က္ႏွာလွပ္၍ ေခါင္း၊ လည္ပင္း၊ ေမးေစ့ ပတ္ဖံုးရေသာ အဝတ္ေခါင္းစြပ္။

Examples

1. ‘Again we had to wait ages because we were so far away
2. but eventually he passed within a few feet of us and I caught a brief glimpse of his smiling face through the clouds of wimples and rosaries.’
3. ‘One day
4. as she roams deep in the forest
5. ill with allergies and the flu
6. her sweat-shirt hood pulled tightly around her like a postmodern wimple
7. Ann experiences an apparition of the Virgin Mary.’
8. ‘In the seclusion of a monastery
9. a small group of Carmelite nuns tailor their own multi-layered habits - chocolate brown in colour
10. their wimples are pristine white
11. and the overlying veil is black.’
12. ‘Nuns in their blue-and-white wimples glide smiling to and fro
13. and there are dozens of foreign helpers
14. the seriously spiritually committed young who wash sheets and fetch water.’
15. ‘The lord had always thought it was a shame that women
16. in the most blossoming point in their life
17. had to bind their hair and hide it under wimples and veils.’
18. ‘As a nun she is beatific
19. her head
20. in a wimple
21. tilted toward heaven
22. a prayer book clasped to her breast.’
23. ‘‘My mother will give you your first wimple and veil
24. ’ she said flatly.’
25. ‘It's hot and she looks a bit rosy under the wimple
26. but comfortable.’
27. ‘In the event
28. I was unable to attend as my wimple was at the cleaners.’
29. ‘There's something about his knit cap with the hood covering it that looks as holy as a wimple.’
30. ‘Cora refused to wear such a confining and uncomfortable article of clothing as the wimple
31. which wrapped around a woman's head and neck.’
32. ‘Maria runs off to the nunnery
33. blowing her nose on her wimple.’
34. ‘If you drop in here
35. you honestly never know if you'll find me wearing a wimple or a bikini.’
36. ‘And will traditional Catholic nuns still be allowed to wear wimples?’
37. ‘So it would appear that my chances of seeing a bearded man walking around in leather chaps and a latex nun's wimple are doubly-remote.’
38. ‘Less problematic on the cleaning front
39. owing to the rougher fabric and darker colour
40. is the monastic habit - cowled brown with a rope for the lads
41. black-and-white with a wimple for the ladies.’
42. ‘The nuns wore special garb that day in addition to their wimples
43. belts
44. beads and veils.’
45. ‘Saying that
46. I think I'd suit a wimple and I quite like navy.’
47. ‘Espidreen
48. no longer looking feminine
49. had exchanged her silks for a simple brown robe and wimple that covered her hair and made her look much like Giles
50. whose chainmail coif covered his own head.’
51. ‘When did I join the Amish community
52. sitting with my wimple on
53. shaking my head sadly at the waste and dissipation of the modern world?’